So last night, I went out to see The Weaks, the band of ILFer (though he hasn't posted a ton lately) Wizard, featuring OG ILFer aussy. It was a great friggin' time. For one thing, both Wizard and aussy are super sweet, and we chatted before & after their set. For another, the band was great, and the songs kicked major amounts of ass. The songs walked a perfect line between songwriting and shoegazing, and the band featured a TRIPLE-SG ATTACK. Yes, all THREE guitar players were rocking some variant of an SG. And the bass player was rocking a BAT Revelation through an Orange Thunderverb, so you know that sounded like doom on wheels. And one of the guitar players (Chris) had a nice little oscillation solo on his Carbon Copy in which he actually managed to get a melody out some well-played knob twisting. He also had some SWEEET MBV-glide guitar bends (without use of a whammy bar - impressive!).
Moral of the story: if The Weaks come to your town, go see them, even if it's on a Wednesday. They will set up on the floor of the venue even if there's a stage (maybe), and they will rock your socks off (definitely).
http://lame-orecords.bandcamp.com/album ... ant-to-die
Also, their tourmates Ma Jolie were TIGHT AS HELL, and the bass player had literally the best bass sound I have heard in my life, bar none. It was pretty spectacular. I haven't listened to their album yet, so I don't know if it comes across in recordings, but they were amazeballs across the board.
http://lame-orecords.bandcamp.com/album/polars
Sadly, I forgot to bring my camera, and my phone pix were beyond horrible. Alas.